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Madness! Latest bid is $1015 - WTF?

Sold! To the man at the back with the sunglasses and funny hat! $2860

@sscadmin - is it possible for me to have editing permissions in the Oolite section? Got some links that will need changing.

If your talking about the description and links section at the root of the Oolite forums that would be a me thing

olite is a space sim game, inspired by Elite, powered by Objective-C and OpenGL, and designed as a small game that is easy for users to pick up, modify and expand upon. Almost every aspect of the game can be changed by using simple, free graphics packages and text editors.
Website: Oolite Homepage
Gallery: Oolite Gallery
Downloads: Oolite Downloads

If you just give me the URLs I will update this section for you. If its post related is there specific posts you cannot edit? Because that might just be a setting that blocks a person from editing a post after a certain amount of time.

Posted by: @sscadmin
If your talking about the description and links section at the root of the Oolite forums that would be a me thing

Aye, it's those three links (which point to oolite.org or sections of it). If you could change the "oolite.org" parts to "oolite.space" that'd be great.

@cody I would have never thought the domain when go for almost $3k, maybe someone/group have plans for Oolite. Oolite is open source right so maybe someone is going to try to publish something using the Oolite name? Has there been any rumors about this?

Posted by: @sscadmin
I would have never thought the domain when go for almost $3k

No, neither did we - more like $300 max, we thought. No, no rumours as yet! Yeah, Oolite is open source.

Sorry for the delay @cody, I updated those links for the forum description for you they are all linked to oolite.space now.

Sweet! Thanks, D1

Curious - after someone spending all that money, oolite.org now returns a 404 Not Found message.

Although I have been visiting oolite.org for decades(?), I have to say oolite.space is ultra cool

Posted by: @classyk
Although I have been visiting oolite.org for decades(?), I have to say oolite.space is ultra cool

I agree the new site update is nice and I think the domain name is a lot better with the .space

I have a problem with the new Oolite site, it triggers my security software and causes it to be blocked.

Posted by: @geraldine
I have a problem with the new Oolite site, it triggers my security software and causes it to be blocked

I'll mention it to the devs, amiga, but there's a lot of tinkering going on at this time. Mostly beyond my ken, I might add, and as I've had to give up playing the game, I'm not involved much anymore. Sic transit gloria ludi, as they said in Rome!

@cody 
Ooh, I am sorry to hear that, Cody. Oolite was a game you got tons of enjoyment out of. I was leafing through my OXPs and found your story mission. Once I figure out how to use the Oolite utility thingy for handing OXPs I'll reinstall it. I tried doing it the old way and the game didn't want to know, but I am sure I'll have it up and running soon. Sorry, you can't play it anymore.

Posted by: @geraldine
Sorry, you can't play it anymore.

Can't even play FreeCell... ho-hum!

@Geraldine - from timer (the owner of oolite.space):

our site is a pure mixture of html + css + js (at this moment) and all the site files are publicly available on GitHub. And CloudFlare and GitHub acts as a web-servers... there is nothing dangerous there
Which OS and AV are you using, amiga?

@cody 
Win 11, Malware Bytes, F-Secure, Spybot and "some other things"
It could be they need to get on their Whitelists as, right now, all of the above are listing the Oolite site as crawling in malware. I've just got this thing up and running, so I'll hold off for now. I am almost sure they are just listed wrongly as a threat...almost...
Also, if you can't play Oolite anymore, how about Alite instead? Could that be better for you, as it runs on Android phones with touch controls?
[url]https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.phbouillon.android.games.alite&hl=en_GB&gl=US[/url]
Edit: Updated version here:
[url]http://alite.mobi/sites/default/files/Alite-1.5.9-SFI.apk[/url]
If that site does not work, here is it's Git Hub page.
[url]https://github.com/CmdrStardust/Alite[/url]

Posted by: @geraldine
... and "some other things"

<grins> Razorwire and Claymores? I can't check it out as I'm running an unpatched Win7 with no AV whatsoever, which means I'd see no warnings. The devs seem confident that oolite.space is clean and safe, but you'd best hold back a while I suppose.
Why can't I play? Long story cut short: my eyesight, mainly double vision. Even typing short messages is difficult. Been waiting for an appointment at Moorfields Eye Hospital for over a year, but I'm sure you're aware of the state of the NHS, and strikes ain't helping.

@cody 
Sorry to hear that, Cody. Hope they manage to fit you in soon. I've been on a waiting list myself, for a different procedure, since before the Pandemic. When I remember what the NHS used to be like, it makes me sad to see it struggling so these days.